SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2020:0921-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135228

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VPR Score: 5.9

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for exiv2 fixes the following issues :

exiv2 was updated to latest 0.26 branch, fixing bugs and security issues :

CVE-2017-1000126: Fixed an out of bounds read in webp parser (bsc#1068873).

CVE-2017-9239: Fixed a segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function (bsc#1040973).

CVE-2018-12264: Fixed an integer overflow in LoaderTiff::getData() which might have led to an out-of-bounds read (bsc#1097600).

CVE-2018-12265: Fixed integer overflows in LoaderExifJpeg which could have led to memory corruption (bsc#1097599).

CVE-2018-17229: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::d2Data via a crafted image (bsc#1109175).

CVE-2018-17230: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::d2Data via a crafted image (bsc#1109176).

CVE-2018-17282: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy (bsc#1109299).

CVE-2018-19108: Fixed an integer overflow in Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata which could have led to infinite loop (bsc#1115364).

CVE-2018-19607: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::isoSpeed which might have led to denial of service (bsc#1117513).

CVE-2018-9305: Fixed an out of bounds read in IptcData::printStructure which might have led to to information leak or denial of service (bsc#1088424).

CVE-2019-13114: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference which might have led to denial of service via a crafted response of an malicious http server (bsc#1142684).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2020-921=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1:zypper in
-t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP1-2020-921=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135228

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0921-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/6/2020

Updated: 1/13/2021

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:exiv2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:exiv2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-26, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-26-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000126, CVE-2017-9239, CVE-2018-12264, CVE-2018-12265, CVE-2018-17229, CVE-2018-17230, CVE-2018-17282, CVE-2018-19108, CVE-2018-19607, CVE-2018-9305, CVE-2019-13114